Ecosystem building, which prioritizes collaboration and growth among local entrepreneurs and organizations, is increasingly being recognized as a key regional economic development strategy. To serve ...

A confluence of market headwinds — combined with the increasingly creaky economic-development tools crafted a half-century ...

LANSING — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's push for new economic growth tools would bolster business-attraction incentive programs, helping Michigan stay competitive with the 49 other states, Canada and Mexico ...

Economic development is one of the few government programs on which Hoosiers seem comfortable spending big money. Although exact numbers are hard to pin down, Indiana state and local governments each ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sen. Chris Karr, R-Sioux Falls, speaks on the South Dakota Senate floor on Feb. 11, 2026, at the Capitol in Pierre. He is the ...

Gov. Rod Blagojevich signed a new law today creating the Southern Illinois Economic Development Authority. The law authorizes SIEDA to issue up to $250 million in bonds to encourage economic ...

Tax Increment Financing (TIF) is a very valuable economic development tool for cities and counties. The following will be an attempt to have you understand how TIF operates. The process is difficult ...

Lansing — The Michigan Economic Development Corp.’s flagship job-attraction initiative is fading away after the Legislature and governor stopped a final $500 million transfer to the program and ...

Richland County was starting to benefit from a port authority, even before creating one. "We have a number of projects that have reached out to us already, asking to get involved, to see if their ...